Guillaume Apollinaire - Alcools, Poèmes 1898-1913 - 1954

Superb out-of-commerce copy numbered 3482 in its magnificently bound case, after the Paul Bonet design -

First published in 1913, Alcools bears witness to the profound transformation of modern poetry, at a time when forms inherited from the 19th century are progressively renewed by new ways of representing the world, time, feelings and personal experience -

Guillaume Apollinaire, born Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky in 1880, is a major figure of this literary modernity, whose work draws on both the lyrical tradition and the artistic and intellectual upheavals of his era -

Guillaume Apollinaire - Alcools, Poèmes 1898-1913 - 1954- Gallimard -
173 Pages.

Good condition of binding, the work in its full case bound according to the Paul Bonet design, light signs of handling, a few minor defects on the cover, speckled edges, smooth spine with the author's name and title -

Good interior condition, paper uniformly browned, title page printed in red and black, beautiful out-of-commerce copy numbered 3482, text clean, endpapers in color with the editor’s mark (nrf) -

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